Fresh
A fascinating if fragmented, dreamlike look at the downtown art-music-fashion scene of a yeasty, creative era.
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News
Overview
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
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Fresh
A crudely poetic inventory of the people and places about to rock pop culture.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Performances by DNA and the Plastics alone are worth the price of admission.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Gives us a glimpse of the city as it was, suggesting that there was something revolutionary, even inspiring, about those days of not-so yore.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
It captures the youthful excitement of a burgeoning creative movement.
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
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